CVE-2025-2297

Administrator elevation via forged challenge-response cache entries

Published Jul 28, 2025 · Updated Jul 28, 2025

Privilege chaining in BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management for Windows before 25.4.270.0 allows local users to become administrators. The challenge-response cache accepts illegitimate auto-elevation codes inserted through editable user profile files into the per-user local registry. Exploitation requires an authenticated user who can edit the relevant profile files and a policy that uses forever challenge-response auto-elevation permissions.

CVSS severity7.2
High
EPSS probability0.13%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Privilege chaining in BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management for Windows before 25.4.270.0 allows local users to become administrators. The challenge-response cache accepts illegitimate auto-elevation codes inserted through editable user profile files into the per-user local registry. Exploitation requires an authenticated user who can edit the relevant profile files and a policy that uses forever challenge-response auto-elevation permissions.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-2297
Published
Jul 28, 2025
Updated
Jul 28, 2025
Vendor
BeyondTrust
Product
Endpoint Privilege Management for Windows
Classifications
CWE-268, T1548
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 28, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jul 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <<25.4.270

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

BeyondTrust · Endpoint Privilege Management for Windowsversion=0 <<25.4.270

Published CVSS scores

7.2BeyondTrustCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-268Privilege Chaining
T1548Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

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